Jensen v. South Dakota Cent Ry. Co.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Minnehaha County. Hon. Joseph W. Jones, Judge. Action by H. C. Jensen against the South Dakota Central Railway Company. From, a judgment for plaintiff and an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCOY, J.
This action was brought to recover damages on account of fires alleged to have been caused and communicated from defendant’s railway locomotives to plaintiff’s property, and for a calf alleged to have been killed by defendant’s train. There is no question raised concerning the sufficiency of the pleadings. Plaintiff introduced testimony tending to show that he was the owner of a certain designated quarter section of land situated in Rake county, through which land defendant’s railway extends in a general north and south direction; that on the south side of said land -is a public highway; that…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. MatthewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. HumesSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BeckwithSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. MathewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. SeegersSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
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- Bekker v. White River Valley Ry. Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1911
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